The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing on 9 February, “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation.” It is easy to get lost in the complexity of this topic, especially when discussing regulation, such as, which agency should be the chief regulator – the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) or some other agency. It's best to start with a primer on what the digital assets actually are. First, they are assets, which simply are things of value that can be owned and used, such as a physical facility, or a commodity. Digital assets are not physical but rather are stored or transmitted electronically. Then there are the various characteristics...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.